Pemorrai atm Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 2, 1900. FARM NOTES. —Apple trees do not bear full crops until ten years old or more. A tree twenty years old will produce from 25 to 40 bushels of apples. A pear tree 15 years old should produce from 20 to 30 bushels. A peach tree four years old should produce from 4 to 10 bushels. The tree may not do =o well in some sections, so much depends upon the variety and also the care bestow- ed. —The fruit grower who expects to have fair crops of fruit must begin with the use of insecticides early. He must not delay too late into the spring, as the first spray- ing is sometimes the most important of all. Paris green will not destroy the enemies that live on sap nor will kerosene injure those that feed upon the leaves. In using remedies, therefore, it must be done with an object in view and with a knowledge of the habits of the parasite or insect to be destroyed. —1If the wheat does not look well after spring opens apply 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre, and the effect will be noticed immediately. Nitrate of soda always gives good results on wheat if applied in the spring, and many crops have been saved by its use. The cost of the nitrate should not exceed $2.50 per acre, and the increase of straw and grain will not only pay for its use, but leavea profit as well. Should the frost throw some of the wheat plants up use the roller as soon as it can be done. —A hole in the granary, through which the grain would be lost, would not be al- lowed to exist very long after its discovery. A hole in the stable through which the cold air enters and chills the animals, causes a loss of grain just as surely as a hole in the granary, as more feed will be required to assist the animals in maintaining warmth. It is the things that are unobserved which sometimes cause loss. When the flow of milk is reduced, or the animals do not make gain proportionately to the food al- lowed, there isalwaysa cause and it should be sought. —Some of the best farms in Pennsylvania have been brought to the highest degree of fertility by the use of clover, limeand man- ure. The farmers who have accomplished such results have aimed to save every pound of manure, and also to preserve it in the best manner. Lime is used extensively by those who know that lime isan essential ingredient of plants, and also because it is excellent for increasing the clover crop. Clover enriches the land by promoting the supply of nitrogen in the soil, hence lime and clover make an excellent combina- tion. —Every farmer knows that when a mild spell of weather occures in winter the hens begin to lay, and then cease when the tem- perature is low. This fact demonstrates that warmth has much influence on laying, and that warm quarters are essential to egg production. When the hens can go on the fields in spring and forage, they secure a large amount of insect food. During the winter a substitute for such foods may be allowed in the form of cut bone, ground meat, fresh meat and a change of grains. Corn and wheat make excellent foods dur- ing cold weather, but a variety of foods must be given in order to have the hens produce eggs. —Sod land that was plowed last fall will cause considerable trouble this spring if it is not properly turned over—that is, if the sod was not completely inverted. It should be plowed again in the spring and then worked well with a disc harrow. The disc harrow should be used again just before corn is planted. Unless the grass has been destroyed there will be sufficient growth on some fields to injure the young corn. The best mode of reducing sod land is to plow the land in July and seed it to Hungarian grass. which will kill out the natural grass. The field can then be plowed in October,or sooner, if preferred. When cattle are shipped from the farm the greater portion of the weight is water; that is. one half of the materials composing the body of a steer is water. If the re- mainder could be reduced to ashes there would be about 44 pounds from 1000 lbs. weight ot the animal, the balance being lost during the process of burning by escaping into the atmosphere. A 1000 pound steer, therefore contains 500 pounds of water; al- 80 about 25 pounds of nitrogen, 18 pounds phosphoric acid and 2 pounds of potash. These estimates are not exact, as to be shown is the fact that in the selling of cat- tle there is but little loss of potash, while the 18 pounds of phosphoric acid which ex- ists in the bones is but a small proportion of the cost of the steer, being worth about one dollar. The 25 pounds of nitrogen would cost about $3.50. Line, salt, soda, sulphur, chlorine and other substances also exist in the bodies of animals, but it may be safely claimed that $5 will cover the total loss from the farm, in plant food from the soil, fora 1000 pound steer sent to market. —Liquid manure. One reason why liquid manure is so much advocated is its genuine efficacy. This is a good time to speak of the matter for the reason that the blooming season of pot hyacinths and other bulbs is at hand, and these are much ben- efited by frequent doses of liquid manure. A convenient form to apply it is to nake a three-inch flower pot full of cow manure aud mix it in a large garden can of water. Dilute this by the same amount of fresh water and apply twice a week. An ounce of nitrate of soda dissolved in four gallons of water is said to be a quick and good liquid stimulant for bulbs, but for this the writer cannot vouch hy personal exper- ience. In applyingliquid manure to bulbs the time to begin is when the pots are filled with roots and flower spikes are visible. Seeds of peaches, walnuts, acorns, and the like, should be in the soil now. If the planting was neglected in the fall, that treatment may be approximated by bury- ing them at this time in moist earth pack- ed close to the seeds, and after keeping the boxes in a cool cellar for another month put them out where frost will moderately penetrate the soil. In the spring they should be planted in rows three or four inches deep. Where individual trees of the oak or walnut are wanted an excellent way of obtaining them is to plant the seed where wanted. Keep the soil of the spot tilled, driving a stake to indicate the place. At first when the seedling comes up the growth may seem slow, but several chances to one you will have a large tree sooner than if you waited and set a tree eight or ten feet in height. -——= Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. TR EE FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN. If you would be a respected and success- ful business woman never allow yourself to accept a personal favor of any sort from a business acquaintance, said one of the kings of the financial world. You cannot tell when it may seem an obstacle in the way of independent action. Be courteous and affable with clients always, but limit your conversation in so far as possible to the def- inite business in hand, reserving the dis- cussion of all outside matters to the domain of your social life, A pretty decoration for a valentine luncheon table is a diamond shaped mirror mat for the centre of the table. Upon it are outlined two large hearts, which are most effective in red carnations. The broad part of the hearts should meet in the centre. The name cards may then be heart shaped and the same design carried out in other accessories of the luncheon. The smart girl has a way of her own to stand, sit, walk, pose, lift her skirt, pause forachat in the street,or put on her gloves. All these things she does artistically and, therefore, as the result of deliberate pur- pose and practice. Examples of ‘‘how not to doit’’ are so frequent that the observer is apt to conclude there is only one way to hold up a street skirt, and that is the hit- or-miss grabbing at any spot most conven- iently within grabbing distance, until you meet the smart girl! Then she stands out among all the multitude of skirt grabbing femininity as a shining example of just how the thing should be done. The smoothly fitting skirt is held about five inches below the belt and is raised up- ward so that the skirt facing clears the mud puddles by two or three inches. By taking the skirt directly in the middle of the back every part of the hem is raised uniformly, and no part can possibly touch, unless it be the front breadth,and even that is lifted half an inch or more by the tug from the back. With shoulders back, chest out, chin up, and a correct carriage, this careful poise of the skirt does not detract from the fig- ure’s grace. Another way in which you can distin- guish the smart girl is by her walk. A great many women have a sloppy carriage; they let their hips sag and break. Have you never seen a woman who stands with one hip higher than the other, as though one limb was shorter than the other? Such women walk like jointed dolls, first one hip goes up and then goes down, a regular see- saw movement of the body from the hips down. The smart girl ‘always keeps the body in the centre, and the line from the forehead runs down as though it were a plumb line. The upper part of her body goes first, never the lower. The abdomen is held in and the chest expanded. A year ago the close-fitting sheath skirt was the prevailing model. It may be pre- dicted that the perfectly tight skirt will be a thing of the past when spring makes its appearance. The fashionable skirt of the coming season will be the pleated skirt. To be perfectly exact I should say skirts, for they come in a dozen different styles. Sometimes the pleats are equally distribut- ed all round; sometimes they are arranged in groups of two, three, four or five, with plain panels, more or less wide, between them. Sometimes there is. only one pleat, round, simple, double or triple behind. Some pleats are narrow, others are broad; sometimes they start at the belt, or again at the hips, and extend to the knees or al- ‘most to the base. Sometimes they die away just a little below the hips. Certain pleats are stitched; others hang freely aud still others are tacked at intervals. The introduction of pleats involves the expenditure of more material but it does not necessarily imyly a clumsy nor a bulky effect. Indeed there is a more careful fitting about the hips than ever, the skirt flowing out in a graceful fulness from the knee to the base. Perhaps the skirt that will be most gen- erally adopted will be the one with a tight fitting front and sides and a box plait of moderate size in the back, the box falling apart enough to be graceful and to relieve the back of the drawn look. = The front and sides are sewed to the band without fulness but at the very middle of the back there is laid a large, flat box pleat. The skirt opens either at one side of the box pleat or upon the left side in front. Another style of skirt that is simple and pretty has the box pleat in the back, but the front and sides are arranged with the tiniest tucks running vertically from the belt downward. These tucks are no heavier than a cording and look not unlike cording. They begin at the belt and extend down- wards to a point just below the hips. When the tucks end a slight flare occurs which al- lows for the hips. Still another new skirt, called the Grecian fold skirt, has the front and sides fitted as tightly as possible. In the back from the belt to the hem there ex- tends a very large box plait which is called the Grecian fold. It is narrow at the waist perhaps six inches wide, but gradually flares until it is half a yard or more wide at the hem. . : : One of the features noticed on many of the new gowns is stitching, which is having an enormous vogue in Paris. Cloth cover- ed with stitching, the lines set close to- gether and sometimes running both ways to cut up the stuff in little blocks, is large- ly used by the modish tailors. This mater- ial is pretty combined with plain cloth. Sometimes the stitched cloth makes a jack- et; again it is used to form an underskirt that shows under a long tunic. The stitch- ed cloth makes revers on jackets and yokes on gowns; in fact, there are many ways in which it may be used. Some tailor made costumes are almost entirely covered with stitching which design all sorts of motifs and continuous patterns. There are waved bands, arabesques, Greek patterns, scallops, points and circles thus defiend.Stitched vel- vet is the newest finish for coat revers and collars. A velvet jacket entirely covered with stitching and trimmed with fur is con- sidered an extremely smart garment. But stitching is by no means limited to dresses. It is used for neck pieces and belts and even to cover hats and to drape toques. Flannel shirtwaists, never more neces- sary to comfort and general usefulness than they areat the present momeut, arealready ousted from their alloted space in the shops to make room for the most summery cotton substitutes. Dainty fine white lawn waists with hemstitched tucks in varying widths, waists striped up and down with embroid- ered insertion and groups of tucks, waists of embroidered lawn and all sorts of plaid, striped and figured shirting in colors are to be seen. The one feature which stamps them as new and far prettier than the old shirtwaist is the entire absence of any yokes in the back. Theonly yoke which is stylish at all is the one which is trimmed and applied to theshoulders, forming a lit- tle epaulet over the sleeves. The backs are tucked and pleated to correspond with the front, as many of them were made last sea- son and they are altogether a vast improve- ment on the yoke back prototypes. There are stiff linen cuffs with rounded corners and detachable collars which can be dis- carded for the more becoming stocks, and long silk scarfs tied twice around the neck. Weather Forecaster H. A. Hazen Dead. WASHINGTON, January 23.—Henry A. Hazen, one of the chief forecasters of the weather bureau, died here to-night as the result of injuries received last night by a bicycle collision with a negro pedestrian. His skull was badly fractured and he con- tinued unconscious up to the time of his death. Professor Hazen was well known among meteorologists and scientific men. He was born in India fifty years ago, his father being a missionary. He was gradu- ated from Dartmouth college and then was connected with the scientific department of Yale University for nine years. - He joined the United States signal service, now the weather bureau, in 1881. He was single and lived with a sister and two nephews. Another sister is a missionary. Temperance Man’s Death. Will J. Connell, a Victim of the Morphine Habit. PHILADELPHIA, Jan .21.—Excessive use of morphine, to which he had been addict- ed for the past four years, was the cause of the death, in a hospital here, Friday night, of Will J. Connell, of Cleveland, O., well known in the west as a temperance lecturer. He came to this city last Wednesday. That night he was found in the streets un- conscious and taken to a hospital. McConnell’s 14-year old son, was mur- dered by his brother-in-law, in Allegheny city, four years ago, and since then it has been commonly reported that the temper- ance advocate used both liquor and drugs to excess, although not discontinuing his lectures. Stoop DEATH OFF.—E. B. Munday, a lawyer of Henrietta, Tex., once fooled a grave-digger. He says: ‘My brother was very low with malarial fever aid jaundice. I persuaded him to try Electric Bitters, and he was soon much better, but continued their use until he was wholly cured. Iam sure Electric Bitters saved his life.”” This remedy expels malaria, kills disease germs and purifies the blood ; aids digestion, regu- lates liver, kidneys and bowels, cures con- stipation, dyspepsia, nervous diseases, kid- ney troubles, female complaints; gives per- fect health. Only 50 cents at F. P. Green's drug store. Merely a Hint. Mr. Slowboy—‘‘In some States there is a law making it ajmisdemeanor for a man to change his name.”’ ’ Miss Willing—*‘Yes; but there is no law in any State that prohibits a man from changing a woman’s name.”’ She Had to Interrupt. ‘“We might just as well come to an un- derstanding right now,’’ said the angry husband. ‘It’s hard for you to hear the truth, especially from me, but’’—— “Indeed it is,’ interrupted the patient wife, ‘‘I hear it so seldom.”’ Books, Magazines, Etc. Prof. Angelo Helpin, whose recent volume on Alaska and the Klondike was so highly compli- mented for its scientific value as well as for its readableness, contributes the first of two articles, giving the results of a second visit to this inter- esting and wonderfully rich country, to the Feb- ruary number of Appleton’s Popular Science Monthly. A number of beautiful illustrations ac- company the text. The February number of Everybody's Magazine is filled with that enjoyable combination of amus- ing and profitable reading for which the publica- tion is already well known. The “Simple Expla- nation” for the month is on the subject of trolley- cars, and the writer explains in a remarkably clear and graphic manner just how electricity is generated and how it runs the car. The many other interesting articles makes this magazine one of the most readable magazines that has reached this office. : Business Notice. Castoria Bears the signature of Cuas. H. FLETCHER. In use for more than thirty years, and The Kind You have Always Bought There is a Class of People. Who are injured by the use of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over 3{ as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15cts. and 25cts. per package. Try Rubber Tires. McCalmont & Co. Fousp IN BELLEFONTE. At the Carriage Shops of S. A. McQuis- tion & Co., the place to have your Car- riages and Buggies fitted with the cele- brated MORGAN & WRIGHT SOLID RUBBER TIRES. We have become so favorably impress- ed with these tires and have such confi- dence in them, that we have purchased the necessary tools for fitting them to wheels, We can fit them to your old wheels or furnish new ones, as you may desire, at a price SAVING THE TROUBLE, EXPENSE and time if not more, of shipping them away to have the work done. The tires are applied with a steel band instead of the old way with the wire which cut the Rubber thereby loosening the tire and allowing it to jump out of the channel. We would be pleased to have you call ex- aniine and be convinced, that we have not only THE BEST TIRE but also THE BEST WAY of fastening the same. You will also find us prepared to do ALL KINDS OF REPAIRING, in our line of business with neatness and dispatch. New Top Buggies on hand. Home made and 2 second hand Top Bug- gies, good onesat a low price. Telephone No. 1393. McQUISTION & CO. 44-34tf North Thomas St. Bellefonte, Shoes Etc Geo. T. Bush. A C HEVERLY. TPE YOUR FEET. When you wish a nice dress shoe for a reasonable price, don’t forget that the SARACENS FOR THE WOMEN. Price $3.00 ———AND THE—— WALKOVERS FOR 1HE MEN Price $3.50 are the most stylish and the bestgwearers ever brought to Centre county. —(0)— We are not harping on raised prices be- cause leather has gone up. Prices are still the same. We bought early and therefore can sell at the low prices. Plenty of time to tell you about the raise when it is nec- essary. We have Nice Footwear in Slippers, Leggings and Childrens Pretty Shoes left from the Holi- day trade, that will be sold cheap. Don’t forget we are selling working Shoes and Combinations at low prices 0 POWERS SHOE CO. BELLEFONTE, PA Bush Arcade, P. S. Free Shines to our Customers. 43-48-6m Green’s Pharmacy. ofl, se... ect ir. tic PL TPE RR TAP ag: gg QENSIBLE a 4 § PEOPLE 1 llc i. A ctl irl] lit, a Buy common sense articles —A good Hair Brush is a com- € mon sense thing-It can be both ornamental and useful. It suits itself to the size of your go F. purse—We have them in great 5 variety from 25c. to $2.00 Some very nice white Cellu- loid—with Combs and Mirrors to match—or Cosmeon—or Floreloid —G ood Perfumery £ is indispensable for ja wo- man’s toilet. Call and see what we have at . mm An py GREEN’S PHARMACY, * Hieu STREET, a BELLEFONTE, - . PA. 4“-26ly ji it. Ask for GRAIN-O. 45-1 E cor an— i IS IS gg Castoria. Fiour and Feed. 4 8 TO BR. I A C C A.8.7 0 RR I A A : C A 8 T 0 RB I A PHENIX MILLING CO. C AR T 06.82.14 fre Cc A 8. T 0 B-'IT A ccc : The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision for over 80 years.: Allow no one to deceive you in this.. Counterfeits, Imitations and ‘Just-as-good’’ are but Ex- periments, and endanger the health of Children— Experience against Experiment WHAT IS CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Cas- tor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neith- er Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhea and Wind Colie. It re- lieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipa- tion and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought ' Bears the Signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER. IN USE FOR OVER 36 YEARS, The Centaur Company, New York City. asain Manufacturers of...... SPRING AND WINTER WHEAT ; FLOUR AND FEED. ; BRANDS SUPERLATIVE, FANCY PATENT, FINEST, WHITE STAR. We make a specialty of exchanging Wheat and other grain with farmers. en () een Grain stored free of charge, protected against loss by fire. PH@ENIX MILLING CO. 44-37-1y BELLEFONTE, Pa, WAS TAS TA TAS TAS TAS NAST V[caLmorr & CO.—mM—— 0 ——HAVE THE—— 0......... SetiTeseusensiessururenritoissanironrsesarartsanirerssd 0 { LARGEST FARM SUPPLY HOUSE } 0 senses ssssssssssne sesssssssesssnnes sesecsssesssssecssansannans 0 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. Their prices are right and their guarantee is behind the goods, which means many a dollar to the farmer. The more conservative farmer wants to see the goods before he buys, and buy where he can get repairs when needed, for he knows that the best machinery will wear out in time. Goods well bought is money saved. Money saved is money earned. Buy from the largest house, biggest stock lowest prices ; where the guarantee is as good as a bond; where you can sell your corn, oats, wheat hay and straw for cash, at the highest market prices, and get time on what you buy. All who know the house know the high standard of the goods, and what their guarantee means to them. SEE WHAT WE FURNISH : LIME—For Plastering or for Land. COAL—Both Anthracite and Bituminous. WOOD—Cut to the Stave Length or in the Cord. FARM IMPLEMENTS of Every Description. FERTILIZER—The Best Grades. PLASTER—Both Dark and Light. PHOSPHATE—The Very Best. SEEDS—Of all Kinds. WAGONS, Buggies and Sleighs. In fact anything the Farmer or Builder Needs. The man who pays for what he gets wants the best his money will buy. There is no place on earth where one can do better than at McCALMONT & CO’S. 44-19-3m BELLEFONTE, PA - Fine Groceries Pure Whiskey. Pore GROCERIES......... W HERE TO GET PURE WHISKEY. Absoiviely pure Rye Whiskey—from six to eight years old, can be procur- ed on application to John C. Mulfing- er at Pleasant Gap, or to the subserib- er at Bellefonte, Pa. These liquors were distilled from clean pure rye kept in bond and are now sold at prices, fully as low as others charge for mixed, blended or adulterated whiskey. They are guaranteed abso- lutely pure and of the age stated. ARE CONDUCIVE GOOD HEALTH ONLY THE PUREST AND FRESHEST GOODS GOTLIEB HAAG, ' 44-47-3m Bellefonte, Pa, are to be had at SECHLER & CO’S Restaurant. BELLEFONTE, PA. O YOU GET se HUNGRY ? Of course you do. Every body Fine Coffees, does. But every body does not Fine'S know that the place to satisfy that ne yrups, hunger when in Bellefonte is at Fine Confectianery, Anderson’s Restaurant, opposite the Fine Canned Goods, a So : i ’ a ours. Fine Eried Fruits, Oysters and Game in season. Fine Bacon, ' Fine Pickles, Fine Oil, Fine Oranges, Fine Bananas. Fine Teas, Fine Spices, Fine Fruits, Fine Cheese, Fine Syrups, Fine Ham, Fine Olives, Fine Sardines, Fine Ketchups, Fine Lemons, DO YOU PLAY POOL ? If you do, you will find excellent Pool and Billard tables, in connec- tion with the Restaurant. DO YOU USE But all these can talk for themselves if you give BOTTLED BEER? them a fair chance. 3 : If you do, Anderson is the man to supply you. He is the only licensed wholesale dealer in the town, and supplies only the best and purest brands. Will fill orders from out of town, promptly and carefully, either by the keg or in bottles. Address JOHN ANDERSON, * Bellefonte, Pa NEW FISH, Bright Handsome New Mackeral, New Caught Lake Fish, . White Fish, Ciscoes,> Herring, Lake Trout, | 44-28-6m asi Roofing. New Mapl Sugar and Syrup, Now IS THE TIME TO EXAMINE YOUR ROOF. During the Rough Weather that will be Fine CannedSoups, experienced from now until Spring Bouillion, you will have a chance to Examine Oxtail, Mock Turtle, your Roof and see if it is in good Vegetable, Consomme, condition If you Reed a new one S \ or an old one repaired I am equippe Mulligatawney, Tomato, to give yon Te best at RL Chicken), Gumbo, rices. The Celebrated Courtright in Shingles and all kinds of tin and iron roofing. . W. H. MILLER, 42-38 Allegheny St. BELLEFONTE, PA. Queensware, Enameled Ware, Herman & Co. Tin Ware, Brooms and Brushes. a r I HE TRUE SUCCESS : are the thousands of people who have had their eyes properly fitted by our specialist. The eyes of the public have been ong to the fact that the word OPTICIAN means something different than the ordinary man who sells !spec- tacles. This is why our specialist is more successful than the majority of others... He is a graduate of one of the largest optical institutes in the United States. His knowledge and experience is‘’at your command. Call and see him. Consultation free. FRANK GALBRAITH'’S, JEWELER, ——BELLEFONTE, PA. TUESDAY, FEB. 6th, 1900 Best place to bring your produce and best place to buy your goods. y SECHLER & CO. 42-1 © BELLEFONTE, PA. S——Et —. H. E. HERMAN & CO., Insurance. ‘| Consultation Free. 44-19-1y T—— Wax Candles. LA FFDENT —AND— NHADOWY HEALTH A ND INSURANCE. | LIGHT Blend most softly and play most effectively over a fes- tive scene when thrown by waxen candles. : The light that heightens beauty’s charm, that gives the finished touch to the drawing room or dining room, is the mellow glow of THE FIDELITY MUTUAL AID ASSO- CIATION WILL PAY YOU If disabled by an accident $30 to $100 per month If you lose two limbs, $208 to $5,000, If you lose your eye sight, $208 to $5,000, If you lose one limb, $83 to $2,000, If I are ill $40 per month, If killed, will pay your heirs, $208 to $5,000, If you die from natural cause, $100. BANQUET WAX CANDLES, IF INSURED, You cannot lose all your income when you are sick or disabled by accident. Absolute protection at a cost of $1.00 to $2.25 per month. s The Fidelity Mutual Aid association is pre. eminently the largest and strongest accident and health association in the United States. It has $6,000.00 cash deposits with the States of California and Missouri, which, together, with an ample reserve fund and large assets, make its certificate an absolute guarantee of the solidity of protection to its members. For particulars address J. L. M. SHETTERLEY, Secretary and General Manager, San Francisco,Cal, | For sale everywhere. Sold in all colors and shades to harmonize with any interior hangings or decorations. Manufactured by STANDARD OIL CO. 42-19-1-y. 39-37-1y